Upon hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Hu were immediately startled, and Mr. Hu almost tripped and fell.
"Qinghai, what happened to Qinghai? He was perfectly fine, why is he in the hospital?"
"You don't need to worry too much. Comrade Hu Qinghai fainted in the hospital yesterday because of selling blood and hunger, but he has woken up now. You can bring him back and let him rest at home for a few days. He will be fine."
"Selling blood? Why would he sell his blood?" Mrs. Hu frowned deeply.
Compared to the worries of Hu's parents, Hu Qingquan gritted his teeth.
"Once I get him back, I'm going to give him a good beating."
Upon hearing his words, Hu's mother suddenly remembered that Lin Sisi had asked them for the jade pendant, since she had promised to give her a reward.
"We also need to find out where he put that jade pendant. It belongs to Lin Zhiqing. If we return it to Lin Zhiqing, he might give us some benefits."
Upon hearing this, Lin Qingyan immediately stopped her. She discovered that Hu's mother and Hu Qinghai had different accounts of the matter concerning the Phoenix Jade Pendant.
Hu Qinghai said it was a family heirloom jade pendant, but his mother said it was someone else's.
Wait a minute, could this Lin educated youth be Lin Sisi?
"Auntie, is the jade pendant you're talking about a phoenix jade pendant?"
"Yes, yes, yes. It's a pity that those things belonged to Lin, the educated youth. Lin wanted them back." After saying that, Mother Hu sighed.
"Auntie, the Lin educated youth you're talking about is named Lin Sisi, right? How did her things end up in your hands?"
The jade pendant was indeed brought by Lin Sisi.
Knowing that the jade pendant could no longer belong to her, Hu's mother, out of consideration for Lin Qingyan's notification to pick up Hu Qinghai, told Lin Qingyan the truth.
"A few days ago, Lin Zhiqing accidentally dropped that thing on the mountain. Qingquan and his father saw it when they went hunting and picked it up. Later, I don't know how Lin Zhiqing found out about it, but she came to our house and said that the jade pendant was hers and asked us for it back."
But my good-for-nothing second son took that jade pendant with him, and we had no idea where he went. If you hadn't come and told us he was in the hospital, we don't know when we would have seen him again.
"So that's how it is."
No wonder she ran into Lin Sisi going up and down the mountain two or three times after returning from the police station, busy as if she was looking for something. She must have lost the jade pendant and was looking for it.
Lin Qingyan no longer cared how Lin Sisi obtained the jade pendant. Whether it was given to Lin Sisi by Lin Heping or left by her own mother, she had the right to inherit it, and she couldn't let Lin Sisi have it so easily.
The most important thing now is to find out the current whereabouts of the jade pendant so that we can retrieve it.
Hu Qinghai said he would redeem the jade pendant, so he must have lost it or pawned it.
Moreover, judging from what Hu's mother said, only Hu Qinghai knows where that jade pendant is now.
She needed to hurry back to the county town, find out the whereabouts of the jade pendant, and then retrieve it.
She told Hu's mother, "You can go slowly later. I have to take care of my younger brother, so I'll go first." Then she rode away on her bicycle.
Worried about Hu Qinghai, Hu's mother quickly asked Hu Qingquan to borrow an oxcart from the brigade leader to pick up Hu Qinghai from the county town.
Only Hu's mother and Hu Qingquan went to the county town, while Hu's father stayed in the fields to work in order to earn work points.
When Hu Qingquan was driving his oxcart past the educated youth settlement, Lin Sisi happened to be coming out of the settlement. Seeing that the mother and son were in a hurry, she stepped forward and stopped them.
"What are you going to do? When will you return my jade pendant?"
In her anxiety, Hu's mother told the truth again.
“Lin Zhiqing, we know where Qinghai is. We’re on our way to the county town to bring him back. We’ll find out where the jade pendant is once we see him.”
Lin Sisi glanced at the oxcart subconsciously, "I'll go with you."
Now that she knows Hu Qinghai's whereabouts, she must personally ask Hu Qinghai for the jade pendant to avoid any further complications.
Since she doesn't need to work in the fields to earn work points, it's best to find the jade pendant as soon as possible.
But suddenly, an ominous premonition arose in her heart.
It's as if this jade pendant is about to belong to someone else.
no!
The jade pendant is hers, and she must get it back.
The car was spacious, so Hu's mother naturally didn't refuse and let her sit in the car with her.
Both Hu Qingquan and his mother wanted to get back to work as soon as possible. Hu Qingquan cracked his whip and spurred the old ox on, rushing to the county town at top speed.
Unexpectedly, they had only walked halfway when they saw Lin Qingyan pushing a cart by the roadside ahead.
Not long after Lin Qingyan rode He Lanlan's bicycle out of the village, He Lanlan's bicycle got a flat tire, and she had to push it.
Lin Sisi recognized Lin Qingyan from her back view at a glance.
When did Lin Qingyan get a bicycle?
What is she going to do in the county town?
However, seeing Lin Qingyan pushing the cart, she figured it must be broken, right? She secretly gloated and started mocking Lin Qingyan.
Hu's mother said to Hu Qingquan, "The one in front looks like Dr. Lin. Dr. Lin's car must have broken down. Let's take her to the county town."
“Mother, that’s what I think too,” Hu Qingquan said.
Hu's mother then said to Lin Sisi, "Our Qinghai fainted in the hospital. It was Dr. Lin who came to inform us. As neighbors, we should help Dr. Lin. Don't worry."
Lin Sisi suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
She was going to the county town to ask Hu Qinghai for the phoenix jade pendant. If Lin Qingyan went with her, she might find out about the existence of that jade pendant.
What if Lin Qingyan tries to take the jade pendant from her?
After a few seconds of panic, she tried to calm herself down and realized she was overthinking things.
She told herself that the jade pendant belonged to her maternal grandmother and was given to her by her mother, and had nothing to do with Lin Qingyan. Lin Qingyan couldn't possibly take it from her, could she?
Thinking this way, she felt relieved.
Hu Qingquan stopped the oxcart in front of Lin Qingyan.
"Dr. Lin, is your car broken down? Put it on the oxcart and come with us."
Lin Qingyan glanced at the oxcart subconsciously and unexpectedly saw Lin Sisi.
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